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On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:00:08 -0400 [email protected] wrote: > On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 22:14:23 PDT, Jay Hennigan said: > > > > http://users.tellurian.com/vabello/bathroom-demarc.jpg > > > > On the plus side, they didn't have to go far for a ground. > > I have more than once encountered a grounding wire securely fastened > to a 4" wastewater pipe, totally oblivious to the fact it wasn't cast > iron but PVC. > To be sure, the National Electrical Code only permits pipe grounds within five feet of the building entrance, because of concerns about plastic pipe use along the route. That said, you seem to have encountered people with their clue bit solidly pulled by ground to 0... --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
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